Butternut Ski Area Best In Nation Snow Tubing

Winter is getting into full swing which means it is time to get the family out for some seasonal fun - and nothing beats snow tubing!

Now winter is off to a slow start as far as snowfall, but that is where man-made powder comes into play to help us enjoy some of our favorite seasonal pastimes like skiing and snowboarding.

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While both are great, the most fun way to slide down a hill is some good old-school tubing. Your kids love it, plus it takes you back to when you were a kid sledding on that big hill near your home!

Berkshires, MA Snow-Tubing Spot Voted Best In Nation

If you are looking for one of the nation's best snow tubing spots, look no further than Great Barrington, Massachusetts in the Berkshires! Just over an hour's drive from the Albany area, Butternut Ski Area and Tubing Center was just voted one of the 10 best snow tubing spots in the nation by the readers of USA Today!

Here is what USA Today had to say about Butternut:

Ten snow tubing lanes and a Magic Carpet lift make the Butternut Ski Area and Tubing Center a fantastic option for snow tubing. Tubing tickets can be purchased for 2-hour sessions, and tubers aged 5 and up are welcome

At the Butternut website, you can purchase $25 tubing passes on Fridays (Non-holidays) and weekend tubing passes are $35.

The Capital Region's Worst Roads To Drive In The Snow

Driving in the Capital Region can be a chore in the warmer months. But during the winter, there are some roads local drivers would rather avoid. That applies when the snow falls and in some cases when our wintertime nemesis, pool-sized potholes, begin reproducing like rabbits! Here are the worst Capital Region roads to navigate while driving in the snow according to YOU.

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Albany's Top 10 Snowiest Winters Of All Time [RANKED]

Another Upstate New York winter is upon us. And while it is popular for forecasters to predict a cold and snowy winter ahead, how much snow would it actually take to make it an all-time winter when it comes to big a big snowfall total for the season? In the average winter, the National Weather Service (NWS_ says we get 59.2 inches of snow in Albany. We will have to crush that number this winter for the season ahead to make this NWS top 10 list of our snowiest Albany winters on record.

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